School-desk



A. J. JAMES.

SCHOOL DESK.

APPLICATION man MAYH,1920.

1,361,524. Patented Dec. 7,1920.

WITNESS: IN V EN TOR.

ALBERT J. JAMES, 01 ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.

SCHOOL-DESK.

Application filed May 11, 1920.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT l. James, a citizen of the United States, residing at Albuquerque, in the county of Bernalillo and State of New Mexico, have invented a new and useful School-Desk, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to furniture, particularly to desks for use in school rooms, and has for its object the provision of a desk, which is adjustable as to height, each desk carrying at its front part a seat for the desk disposed in advance thereof, the seat being also adjustable with and independently of the associated desk, the desks being, of course, arranged in rows.

An important object is the provision of a desk of this character, which carries an adjustable body engaging member adapted to be engaged by the chest of the child using the desk, whereby to prevent the child from leaning onto the desk, as is such a common practice.

A further object is the provision of a desk of this character, which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, easy to adjust, highly eiiicient in use, durable in service, and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the desk.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the base, wh ch may be of any desired shape, and which is formed of iron and provided with an upright 11 formed integrally thereon, or secured thereto, as preferred. This upright may be of any desied cross-sectional con figuration, though it is preferably angular.

Disposed upon the upright post 11 is a bracket 12 formed preferably as a casting and provided on its rear face with sleeves 13 slidably receiving the post and through which pass set screws 14:, engaging the post, whereby vertical adjustment of the bracket 12 may be effected. The bracket 12 is downwardly and forwardly curved, as clearly indicated, to provide a support for the seat of the desk next in advance and the end portion of this bracket is formed with a socket 15, which slidably receives a post Specification of Letters Patent.

.lf atented ee. Serial No. 380,676.

16 depending from the under side of the seat bracket 17, which may be formed of strips of wood 18, and which preferably has its forward edge downwardly curved.

T he upper extremity of the bracket 12 is formed with an inclined socket 19, which slidably receives post 0, secured upon, or depending from a bracket 21. which carries a back 22 for the seat 18, and it will be observed that this back may be formed of a plurality of boards or strips of wool, if preferred.

Carried by the bracket 21 is a desk proper, which includes sides 23, also, preferably formed as castings and connected at their upper edges by transverse boards or the like 2%, which form the top of the desk. The sides 23 have disposed thereupon a suitable sloping book shelf 25, which serves for the support of books and other articles.

Associated with the top 24 is a body engaging member, including a substantially Z-shaped arm 26, which has its lower portion longitudinally slotted, as shown at 27, for the passage of a securing bolt 28, depending from the top whereby the arm 26 may be adjusted. The upper portion of the arm 26 carries a bracket 29 to which is secured a plate 30 adapted to engage against the chest of the child sitting in the next succeeding desk, so as to prevent the child from leaning over the desk.

in the use of the device it will be seen that the height of the desk proper above the floor may be regulated by adjusting the bracket 12 vertically upon the post 11. the set screws 14 holding it at the desired position. It will. also, be apparent that the desk proper may be adjusted with respect to the bracket 12 by adjusting the position of the post 20 within the socket 19, a suit able screw 32 being provided for holding it in position. it will be further noted that the height of the seat 18 may be adjusted by moving the post 16 within the socket 15, so as to make the seat the proper height above the floor to fit the desk next in advance and held in place with set screw 31.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings, it will be apparent that I have thus provided a simply constructed and very easily adjusted desk, which is regulatable for use by children of widely varying sizes, and which will be very efficient in preventing the children from leaning over onto the desks.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is, of course, to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construction, and arrangement of parts, as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A. desk of the character described, comprising a base, an upright rising therefrom, a downwardly and forwardly curved bracket, slidably adjusted upon said upright and formed with a socket in its upper portion, a bracket disposed against the upper portion of said bracket and carrying a post slida-bly adjustable within said socket, a

desk proper carried by said second bracket and including sides. a shelf, and a top, and a seat adjustably mounted upon the forward extremity of said first named bracket.

52. A desk comprising a base, an upright rising therefronn a downwardly and forwardly curved bracket having: sleeves slidably adjustable upon said upright, the forward extremity of said bracket being formed with a socket, a seat having a post vertically adjustable within aid socket, the upper extremity of said bracket being formed with a socket, a second bracket having a post slidably adjustable within said second named socket, a back carried by said second named bracket, forming a back for said seat. and a desk proper carried by said second named bracket.

ALBERT J. JAIXIES. 

